Copper Mine Hotel Coopers creek

This artwork is of the original Copper Mine Hotel in Coopers creek, near Walhalla in Gippsland victoria.
The original building burnt down long ago and has been replaced with a new building now. I was lucky enough to get some photos of the original building shortly before it burnt down. This was the inspiration for my work after i recently revisited the site again.It is painted in sepia tones of browns and yellows to reflect the old feeling of the scene. It is framed in a rustic frame to match with the old time feeling also.

Follow

I have been creating art since a very early age. I was always encouraged to create by my mum who was a painter and a potter. I spent 20 years as a studio potter.
I have been painting seriously since giving up pottery twenty years ago.
I love pastels and at the moment I am concentrating on acrylic artworks on stretched canvases. I like the brightness and quick drying of acrylic paints.
I get most of my inspiration for my paintings from what is around me.
I am very lucky to live in the very beautiful area of East Gippsland in Victoria.
I am inspired by our diverse range of Flora ad Fauna.
I love the scenery we have in this part of the world.
I love to get out in the bush on my morning walk with my two dogs.
We have everything around us here from lakes, rivers , mountains I never run out of inspiration for my next painting, I just have to look out the door.